Hay-pitcher.



0. E. COX.

HAY PITGHER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.12,'1913v 1,109,664, Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

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O. E. (20X- HAY PITGHER. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 12, 1913.

Patented Sept. "8, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Application filedAugust'lz, 1913. Serial No. 784,377.

To all whom it may. concern Be it knownthat I, OKLA E.COX,EL-C1tlZ6Il of the United States, residing atHoopeston, in the county of Vermilion, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and, useful Improvements in Hay-Pitchers; and I do here by declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable othersskilledin the art to which it appertains to ,make and use the same'. Thi'sinvention relates to hay pitchers and has for an object to provide an extremely equipped simple andstrong device of .this char'acter that will have novel means for operating the fork.

-A still; further object is to provide a hay pitcher having novel means for anchoring.

thesalne to the side of a wagon'for loading the wagon;

pitcher which may be inexpensively constructed and will be formed of ,a few parts thatwill not easily get out of order. v

With the above objects in view the invention consists. of certain novel details ofconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and-claimed, it being understood that various modifications may be made in the minor details of construction within the scope of the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrat-,

ing the latter. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the pitcher showing the fork lowered. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional viewon the line 4-4: Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a front elevation showing the fork raised. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the front portion of the pitcher with the, fork removed showing the draft chains. Fig. 7 is a cross sectional view on the line 7- 7 Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a fragmentary sectional view showing the manner of securing the anchoring chains to the wagon to be loaded.

Referring now to the drawings in which like characters of reference designate similar parts, the pitcher is shown to comprise longitudinal sills 10 which are connected at the rear ends by a bolster 11 which carries rear ground wheels'12, the sills being connected at the front ends by a bolster 13 which is tached front ground wheels 14., the same each being journaled in a bracket 15 that is A'sti-llfurther objectis to provide a hay liquely disposed bar 28 at the ends with pivotally at-v secured by a pivot bolt 16 to the related end Patented Sept. 8, 1914.

of the bolster, both brackets beingconnected I for simultaneous turning by a link 17.

A pair of draft chains 18 are. connected to the brackets 15 and are terminally equipped with hooks 19 for engagement with a double-tree 20. Asecond pair of chains.

21 are attached to the rear bolster of the 1 pitcher and are terminally 'equippedcwi'th hooks '22. for attachment'to the spokes of the wheels 23 on the same. side ofa wagon 24 to beloaded, although the hooks may be attached to any otherconvenient portion f the wagon. t p

'FiXedly secured to the rear ends of the sills 1 are uprights 25 whichare braced to the sills "1 by inclined braces 26, and are connected at the upper ends, by a pair of cross bars 27, there being an obliquely disposed bar-28 connecting these-cross bars near the centers.

The .fork comprises fork arms 29 which normally extend nearlyv horizontal and are I pivoted at the rearjendsfupon a shaft 30- which' is terminally connected to the uprights 25 at'the lower ends of the latter. The fork arms are connected at, the. forward ends by cross barsy31 in which the forkprongs 32 .are countersunk at the rear ends.

For operating the fork a pulley 33is journaled at the center of arched. bars iii-which bridge the cross bars 31 of the fork and are;

terminally connected to the cross bars at about the centers thereof. A pair of sheaves 35 are connected to the above described obcarried by the cross bars of the standards. On the rear sides of the upper ends of the standards are disposed pulleys 36, and on the outer sides of the lower ends of the standards are disposed pulleys 37, the ZLXGS Of the last named pulleys being disposed transverse of the pitcher and the axes of the first named pulleys being disposed longitudinally of the pitcher.

A looped cable 38 is passed at the bight around the fork pulley 33 andis trained upwardly and the ends rove through the pulleys 35 carried by the obliquely disposed bar 28, thence directed .in opposite directions across the standards and rove through the upper. pulleys 36 carried by the standards, thence being directed downwardly and rove {through the lower pulleys 37 carried by the then attached to the wagon 24- to be loaded by the anchoring chains 20, as above described. The draft animals are then unhooked from the pitcher, by disengagingthe draft chain hooks 19 from the double tree 20. The fork cable is 110w attached to the The draft animals may then be backed with a resultant lowering of the fork, and maybe attached again to the draft chains, whereupon the pitcher is-ready to be loaded again in the usual manner after detachment of the anchoring chains from the wago: I

From the above description it will be seen that I have-provided an extremely simple and strong hay pitcher that will be effective in operation, and will be formed of afew inexpensive out of order. I

What is claimed, is

p 1. A pitcher including a wheeled truck,

parts that will not easily'g'et uprights on the rear endof said truck, a hay fork having fork a 1115 pivoted to the lower ends of said uprights, upper pulleys and loweroulle's carried on said u iri hts a l a: 7

pair of pulleys centrally secured between 'i the upper ends of said uprights, a pulley centrally secured on said. fork, a loop cable having thebight trained over said fork pulley, the ends of'said cable being from thence trained through said pair of centrally secured pulleys, and thence directed in opposite directions through said upper upright pulleys and thence directed through said lower upright pulleys, and thence directed forwardly along and beyond said fork, means for anchoring said truck'stationary, and a draft appliance attachable to said cable for drawing forwardly said cable with a resultant raising of said fork to dumping position.

2- A pitcher including a wheeled truck,

uprightg'on the rear'end of saidtruok, a hay fork having, fork arms pivoted to the lower ends of said uprights, upper pulleys and lower pulleys carried by said uprights, cross bars connecting the upper ends of said uprights, a pair of pulleys carried centrally by said cross bars, apulley carried centrally by said fork, a looped cable trained at the bight over said fork pulley, the terminals of said cable being thence directed upwardly and trained through said pair ofpulleys carried by said cross bars, thence being trained in opposite directionsand passed through the pulleys at the upper ends of said uprights, thence trained downwardly and passed through the pulleys at the lower ends of said uprights, thencedirected forwardly beyond said'fork, means for anchoring said truck stationary, and a draft appli-o ance attachable to the ends of said cable for drawing out said cable with a resultant rais ing of said fork'to dumping position.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signa ture, in the presence of two Witnesses.

ORLA E. COX. lVitnesses: I p CECIL YOUNG,

C. E. Cox.

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